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Nakhon Phanom (Thai นครพนม) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon and Nong Khai. To the north-east it borders Laos. Nakhon Phanom is a town in Thailand, capital of the Nakhon Phanom province. ...
Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
This is a list of the provinces of Thailand in order of their area. ...
This is a list of the provinces of Thailand in order of their total population. ...
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...
This is a list of the provinces of Thailand in order of their population density, based upon the census of 2000. ...
ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ...
Map of Thailand highlighting the Nakhon Phanom province File links The following pages link to this file: Nakhon Phanom Province Categories: GFDL images ...
Isan is the northeastern region of Thailand Isan (also written as Isaan, Issan, or Esarn; Thai/Isan à¸à¸µà¸ªà¸²à¸™) is the northeast region of Thailand. ...
Thailand is divided into 76 provinces (Thai: จังหวัด, changwat, singular and plural), which are grouped into 5 groups of provinces - sometimes the East and Central are grouped together. ...
Mukdahan (Thai มุกดาหาร) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
Sakon Nakhon (Thai: สกลนคร) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
Nong Khai (Thai หนองคาย) is the one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
Geography The province is located at the valley of the river Mekong. View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ...
History The name Nakhon Phanom, meaning "city of mountains", was given to the city by King Rama I. It should be noted that there are actually no mountains in Nakhon Phanom herself, the limestone mountains are concentrated on the city of Thakaek of Laos, which is on the other side of the Mekong. Nakhon Phanom should then mean a city where you can see mountains. His Majesty King Rama I of Siam (portrait in the National History Museum, Bangkok) Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke or Rama I the Great, was king of Thailand from 1782 to 1809. ...
View of the Mekong before the sunset The Mekong is one of the worlds major rivers. ...
The area was long settled by Lao people and belonged to the Lan Xang kingdom. Also after it came under the control of Ayutthaya the population stayed predominantly Lao. The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang (or in Pali, Sisattanakhanahut) was established in 1354 by Fa Ngum. ...
The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai kingdom that existed from the 1350 to 1767. ...
Nakhon Phanom saw some of the most serious fight between North Vietnamese insurgents and the US Army during the Vietnam War (or American War as the Vietnamese called it). During the 1965s, the province of Nakhon Phanom was divided into 131 amphoes, 73 of them were said to be infiltrated by the Vietnamese communist, it was named as the "heartland of insurgent". The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of...
A amphoe (sometimes also amphur, Thai: อำเภอ) is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. ...
In 1967, almost all of the communist surrendered and at the time near the end of Vietnam War, American retreated from Khorat and moved all the military operation of the whole Indochina to Nakhon Phanom. The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of...
Statue of Thao Suranaree in Khorat city centre Nakhon Ratchasima (often called Khorat) is a town in the north-east of Thailand, the Isan. ...
Another point of interest, Ho Chi Minh stayed at this city between 1928 to 1931, you can still visit his old house there. Hồ Chà Minh Hồ Chà Minh (meaning Ho, Enlightened Will) (Chữ nôm: 胡志明) listen? (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1954) and President (1954 - 1969) of North Vietnam. ...
Symbols
 | The provincial seal shows the pagoda of Phra That Phanom in Amphoe That Phanom. This highly revered religious building was originally constructed around 535 BC. Provincial tree as well as flower is Fagraea fragrans. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
A pagoda at Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in China, Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia. ...
Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC Events and trends 538 BC - Babylon occupied by Cyrus the Great 537 BC - Jews transported to Babylon...
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Administrative divisions The province is subdivided into 11 districts (Amphoe) and one minor districts (King Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 97 communes (tambon) and 1040 villages. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
A amphoe (sometimes also amphur, Thai: อำเภอ) is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. ...
Tambon (Thai: ตำบล) is a local government unit in Thailand. ...
| Amphoe | | King Amphoe | - Mueang Nakhon Phanom
- Pla Pak
- Tha Uthen
- Ban Phaeng
- That Phanom
- Renu Nakhon
| - Na Kae
- Si Songkhram
- Na Wa
- Phon Sawan
- Na Thom
| - Wang Yang
| The junction Na Wa (Thai: นาหว้า) is a district (Amphoe) in the province Nakhon Phanom in the east of Thailand. ...
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